Welcome to Archives and Special Collections

The VSU Archives and Special Collections supports the University’s commitment to scholarly and creative work, enhances instructional effectiveness, encourages faculty scholarly pursuits, and supports research in selective areas of institutional strength focused on regional need by collecting, preserving, and providing access to records of enduring historical value documenting the history and development of VSU and the surrounding South Georgia region and in support of VSU curriculum.

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Student Volunteer Program - Fall 2016

We will be open until 7:00pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for those that need to work on the project outside our normal office hours.

New Photographs Digitized!

The Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections is currently processing the Spectator Negatives, 1980-1985 Collection. These photographs were taken by Valdosta State College Spectator staff in the early to mid-1980's. The first batch of photographs have been uploaded to flickr. You can view them online at https://flic.kr/s/aHskzyhDyC. If you recognize anybody or any event depicted in the photos, please comment.

Valdosta State Yearbook Collection at the Internet Archive

We are please to announce that Valdosta State's historic yearbook collection, spanning from 1925-1987, has been completely digitize. Browse decades of life at Valdosta State at https://archive.org/details/valdostastate on the Internet Archive.

Congratulations to the VSU Archives for winning the 2007 Brenda McCallum Prize from The American Folklore Society!